The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) alumna Aqsa Ajmal has become first Pakistani among global finalists for Lexus Design Award 2020 for her phenomenal project called ‘Pursewit’.
Aqsa’s final-year project ‘Pursewit’ is a sewing machine exclusively designed for low visioned people with low-income backgrounds.
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The machine is ergonomically designed and being developed with special embedded features to enable differently abled individuals to operate it without any hassle, and, in so doing, earn a livelihood for themselves and their families.
Aqsa is currently working on her prototype under the supervision of co-inventor Mr Jawwad Zaidi, HoD Industrial Design at NUST SADA
Prior that Aqsa was attending a 3-day exclusive mentor-ship workshop in New York, USA, in the last week of January 2020.
Lexus announced the 6 finalists for the Lexus Design Award 2020 in the last week of January, from a record-setting 2042 entries from around 79 countries.
The proposals were selected on the basis of their expression of the three key principles of the Lexus brand – Anticipate, Innovate, and Captivate with an emphasis on design that leads to a better tomorrow.
Lexus Design Award is an international design competition that targets up-and-coming creators from around the world.
The award seeks to foster the growth of ideas that contribute to society by supporting designers and creators whose works can help to shape a better future.
